The problem of the Korean peninsula from the standpoint of regional security: the crisis 2013

The author of the article is examining the confrontation on the Korean peninsula since 2003 to 2013 and the six-party negotiation format on the North Korean nuclear issue, involving Russia, China, the United States, Japan, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Republic of Korea, formed officially in 2003. Continuing North Korea's nuclear tests, showed the inefficiency of the existing political and military-force means in East Asia to counter the spread of nuclear weapons. It was too dangerous because this country was beyond the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency and outside the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The author emphasizes that the North Korean nuclear program was an experimental platform for the coordination actions of the parties, involved in the field of East Asia security and the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear problem could be a step towards the establishment of a multilateral system of security in the region. In addition, Russia, China and Republic of Korea have promoted the idea of using this format after the settlement of North Korea nuclear crisis to address other security issues at North-East Asia, especially related to new threats. As a result of the carried out research work, the author concludes that in the spring of 2013 the North East Asia has become the center of a military confrontation, and developments on the Korean peninsula - an indication that the East Asia security and, in particular, North East Asia security system, had to include all states, geographically related to the region. At the same time, the settlement of the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula can not be achieved without the normalization of inter-Korean relations. It was necessary to solve both tasks at the same time - "to freeze" and then dismantle the North Korean military nuclear programmer with the return of DPRK in Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and under the guarantee of the International Atomic Energy Agency; defusing political tensions at the Korean peninsula and the development of the relations between North Korea, on the one hand, and South Korea and the other countries in the region, with another" In this regard, the effective collective security solution, multilateralism and openness of the negotiation process without blackmail and intimidation were vital for the states of the region.

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